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<br />~ <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />7-Basin State Technical Workgroup Meeting Notes <br />Arizona Department of Water Resources <br />January 21, 2005 <br /> <br />Jerry Zimmerman Opening Statement: <br />We have 2-choices, work on a drought management plan in a proactive manner and <br />manage the drought or take up our legal positions and arguments get no ware. Nobody <br />wants the latter to happen. <br /> <br />Tom Carr-Lets put our legal positions on the shelf and see if we can accomplish <br />something constructive. <br /> <br />Al!enda <br />System Update from USBR on Tributary Inflows and Corps Operations <br />Workgroup observations <br />Prepare Information for Principal's Meeting <br />Discussion of Conservation Actions that need Federal Appropriations <br />(Dennis Underwood provided a draft 7-page letter) <br />Terminal Storage Improvements <br />Yuma Desalt Plant-Dual Track Actions <br />CREDA Request for Appropriations to sustain VB fund <br />Denver Efforts to Enhance Precipitation <br />Other <br />Mexican Treaty Negotiations - Letter to State and Interior Departments <br />Conjunctive Use Issues <br />Principals for Proposal (Never really discussed) <br />Development of Shortage Criteria - USBR stated that the April AOP <br />review starts the development process that they believe will take about 2- <br />years. This will be a NEP A process and they want to start the scoping <br />process. <br /> <br />Svstem Update <br />. USBR and Corps are fully cooperating in conservation efforts (Joe Evelyn <br />extremely helpful) <br />. Mead at 1134.75 or 57% full (gained 80-85,000 AF in a 24-hour period <br />. Powell at 3563 or 35% full (storms had'little affect on Powell storage) <br />. Painted Rock has approximately 31,000 AF <br />. Alamo has approximately 226,000 AF or 66,000 more than conservation storage <br />. Excess deliveries to Mexico have only been 13,000 AF to date <br />. Lake Havasu reached maximum storage content <br />. Verde System is totally full <br />. Salt River projects still contain some vacant space <br />. Expect a full update at the January 31/February 1 meeting <br />I hope we can receive a full accounting of the recent high tributary flows including the <br />volume used to meet Mexican Treaty delivery requirements, the volume stored either in <br />Painted Rock, Alamo or main stem reservoirs, and the volume flowing into Mead minus <br />